BCA Web Resources

• 10 Ideas for Boosting Creativity
  Have you hit a brick wall? Try these tips for getting back on track.
• A List Apart
  Web Standards Ground Zero
• BCA's Facebook Group
  Become a member of the Facebook.com community and join in on our discussions, photo sharing, and more.
• Church Communications Pro
  CCP is a church marketing and web site resource developed by Cory Miller. Miller writes articles and sponsors discussion with other church communicators on the site. Miller is a BCAer and the director of communications at Quail Spring Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. Before he started work at Quail Springs, Miller was the director of communications at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo.
• Church Marketing Sucks' Don't Suck List
  Church marketing doesn't have to suck. Listed on this site are businesses, organizations and resources that can help your church not suck.
• How to Write a Press Release
  Look over a basic check list on how to write a press release.
• Make Your Presentations Shine!
  This is an article that first appeared in MacWorld in 2006. Even if you're NOT a MacHead everyone wants their presentations to go smoothly. This article reads like a primer for how to set up your presentations in commonly used applications like Word and Powerpoint.
• Recording Phone Conversations: A Checklist
  Things to keep in mind before you press the button.
• Search Engine Watch
  The source for search engine marketing.
• Society of News Design
  If you work at a newspaper or regularly edit a publication, you should check this group out. For $100 a year, you get magazines and newsletters that review the latest in news design and you get a thick glossy picture book, “The Best of News Design” which can give you inspiration throughout the year.
• Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives
  Need to know more about the Southern Baptist Convention? Check out the resources at the SBHLA. One of the biggest collections of denominational history in the nation. The library will make available for use the official records of the SBC Convention and its agencies.
• Southwestern Photojournalism Conference
  Information about the photojournalism conference held at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary each Spring.
• Sree's Tech Tips & Tricks
  Sreenath "Sree" Sreenivasan is a Columbia University journalism professor (and Dean of Students) and WABC-TV's technology reporter. His "Tech Guru" segments appear every Thursday morning at 6:20 and on Saturday mornings at 7:45 on ABC-7 in the New York City area.
• Stock Photos: A Cheap and Royalty-Free Disaster Plan
  What happens when a story falls through or you don't have any photos for a story? This article suggests a few sites where you can find affordable images.
• The Art and Craft of Podcast Narration
  Insights, tips, tools and technology from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Tom Opdyke, on narrating newspaper stories for podcasting.

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